DNS Workshop

The Domain Name System is one of those topics in IT that you hope is simple and straightforward even though you know everything in IT is complicated. And guess what? DNS is much more complex than first meets the eye! In this hands on focused class we start with the basics and work our way through all of the DNS complexity. The goal of the workshop is to enable the participants to understand the basics of DNS , How to build and activate a caching/authoritative DNS Server and also to understand the role of DNS on the Internet. This workshop is suitable Systems administrators and network operators responsible for the DNS services in their organization. 

 Workshop Level 

 Intermediate Level. Anyone working with DNS in their corporate or carrier infrastructure will find this class worthwhile. IT technicians, Systems administrators,.. 

 Instructor 

 

 Mohamed Aymen 

 Abdelrahman Mohamed Hassan 

 Sara Mohammed 

 

 Requirements 

 

 A good understanding of core TCP/IP concepts is a requirement. 

 Basic knowledge of Unix/Linux systems 

 Students should have a reasonably solid understanding of LAN/WAN networking. 

 Laptop with Wireless card working and minimal of 4G RAM 

 

 Date & Time 

 

 Date: Saturday, x.x.x.x 

 Time: 9:30AM - 4:30PM 

 

 What you will learn 

 

 Learn the details of how DNS operates. Gain real world, practical DNS deployment and troubleshooting skills. 

 Comprehend Basic concepts of DNS 

 Learn how to host, dig, and nslookup 

 Comprehend Domain name registration 

 Comprehend Root zones 

 Comprehend BIND 9 installation from source code 

 Configure caching-only name server 

 Comprehend DNS (Domain Name System) administration 

 Set up Master DNS server and Slave DNS server 

 arpa zones 

 Delegate zones to other DNS servers 

 Comprehend Resource Records 

 Understand named logging 

 Comprehend DNS zones 

 Comprehend Techniques of DNS troubleshooting 

 Comprehend Common BIND error messages 

 

 Registration 

 *Registration link will be here* 

 Workshop materials 

 you can find this workshop materials at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eI9PeE5KBad8Y_BAPdal6QyaCmipk2Xp